Dispensing attachment for tractors



Oct l 44- B. F. BURNETT DISPENSING ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTORS Filed June 6, 1941' 2 Sheets-Sheet l Burbn Z? Bufzzei O 1944- B. F. BURNETT DISPENSING ATTACHMENT FOR TRACTOR-S Filed June 6, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 24, 1944 g 236L083 5 I I DISPENSING'ATTACHMENTFOR TRACTORS Burton F, Burnett, Canton; lllgassignor to- In; I'

i r -ter'national Harveste of" New Jersey 1' Company, a corporation r-ApplioationiJune'.6 '1941, Serial ivassasecf l Claims'. (01.197 47) This invention relates to "dispensing attachments for tractors. v 1 i i It is'an'object of the invention to provide 'a self-contained furrowing unit adapted for attachment to cultivatingrig-supports carried on the tractor for vertical: movement,- and in its connection to the cultivatingrig-supports,means for rendering the same laterally -adjustablewith respectto-the supports.

lt is another object-wor the invention to provide in a dispensing attachment for'tractors, means forcontrolling individually the: dispensing units on" opposite -sideszfof "the tractor independently with respect to each other, so that the dispensingcofl materialsgsuch as seeds or fertilizer, mayi be' stopped-automatically on one side of the tractor prior to'stopping-of the-same on the other side ofthe tractor and :to thereby make the dispensingattabhment: adaptable: for I operation on pointed rows .or upon terraced land where there are times thatonly one side of: the attachment is u ,v \It is" another object of: the invention to provide in -:a power take-ofi shaft, connected with the transverse axle structure:andfadaptedto receive powerlfrom a stubhaxle associated therewith; a

slip clutch: mechanism.

According to the presentinvention, I the selfcontained:furrowingrunitp serving as a part of the dispensing attachmenaincludesa transversely extending attachingiiportion adapted to extend betweenza pain :of. cultivating rigs located at the side of the tractor. Brackets are :provided on each of these rigs land the attaching portion is fixedwithin openings provided in the brackets: Once the attachment of' the unit is made fast, both 'of the rigsxwill become: connected and will operate in unison. The unit itself includes a furrow opener of the runneritype. and bracing ele-.

ments connecting the: opener with the transverse attaching portion. Carried bythe bracing .elements is a gauge and covering'wheel, and means is provided for adjustingthis wheelwith respect to the runner. q I

On each'sideof the-tractor iszlocated a dispensing unit and its assoc ated drive shaft means.

Ineach drive shaft is provided aclutchwhich'is have itsdrive shafti means declutchedifrom'the main drivemechanism. Thewmain 'drive niechanism is carried by the'transverse axle structure and arrangedlto receiverpower from the stub' axle associated therewith. 6 :m; the: main drive mech anism 'or shaft there-is provided the automatic slip clutch, :the same :thereby being located on the transverse J axle rstructure and common to both-of thedispensingunits. fIhe' maindrive shaft extendsfsufiiciently beyond the central portioniof the tractor" tOiPGI'mlt the chain drive for I the dispensing unitatthat side of the tractor to be located close. to theklongitudinal body po'rtion'.

Thechain 'dr-ive'sforthedispensingunit, located on the 'same side of the'tractor "that the main drivezshaft-is connected to the' stub axle, is also locatedtto be close v'to' the longitudinal body portion of the tractor; 1 For other objects and for a better'understand-i ing :of thehiventionfireference may be had to the following detaileddescription taken-incon-j junction with the accompanying sheets: of drawings,inwhich: I

'iFigurel is a plan viewof the tractor and :of the dispensingattachment embodying the features of the ::present invention attachedthereto; Figure 2 is a'rear view of a portion of the trac-' tor 'and' of the main" drive mechanism having the slip clutch andconnected to-the stub axle;

-Figure 3'is a viewin-elevation of the tractor with one of the drive wheels removed and of the dispensingattachment; i

Figure '4 is ra'fragmentary view of'a portion of the self-containedfurrowing unit;:an'd,'

Figure-5 is'a fragmentary view in elevation oftheadispensing unit and illustrating its attachmentto thetransversely extending-support on the'tractor. Referring now t'o' the drawings, there is shown aft'ractorpr tool'supporting structure I 0 having a longitudinally extending body .portion l l. and a transverse axlestructure l2 having a central portion l 3zcoextensivewith the longitudinal body portion H. The transverse axle structure includes-:stubaxle'housings l4 having a stub axle I5 therein to which is connected a drive wheel I6. Theforward part-of the tractor is supported on a steerable bolster structure I! operable from an operators station 18 located on the rear "axle structure l2. v

There is contained onthe forward portion of the longitudinal body portion at each side thereof, :a transversely extending bracket structure 20. This bracket-structure includes a square sectioned pipe 12 I adapted for the attachment thereto of cultivating --rig -:attaching brackets '22."

There is located, on each side cf the tractor a pair of such rigs and separate individual lifting means is provided for each pair of rigs.

screw 41, the gauge and covering wheel 46 may be vertically adjusted with respect to the runner element 38 to thereby vary the fun-owing depth of the runner. It should now be apparent that there has been provided a self-contained furrowing unit having in itself means for adjusting the gauge and covering wheel with respect to the runner element and attachable to laterally spaced This lifting means includes a pair of vertically movable laterally extending crank anns 25 and Y to the body of the tractor, as indicated at 5|, and

26. The crank arm 25 extends laterally for connection to the rigs 23 and 24 at the left-hand side of .the tractor by means of rods 2'! and 28 connected respectively to brackets 29 and 30 carried respectively by the rig supports 23 and 24.

The lifting cranks 25 and 26 are pivotally consible to the :operators station l8. While only,.a.

.iragmentary showing is made of the rig con struction. located at the left-hand side of tractor, it-should be understood that it is the" duplicate of the construction shown at the right-- hand side of the tractor.- .By operating the lever 33,. the rigs'at'the right-hand side of the tractor are raised; and by operating the lever 32, the

rigs at ltheileft-ha'nd-side of the tractor are raised.

Connected between the rig supports 23 and 24 by means of the brackets 29 and 30 is a self-contained furrowin g. unit indicated generally at 34. This unitincludes a transversel extending at: taching portion adapted to be inserted within squared openings 36 of the brackets 29 and 30. This attaching portion 35- is of square cross-section an'dwhen once inserted within the square openings of the brackets 29. and 30, is there re tained against vertical angular movement. Each of .the. brackets 'is provided with a clamping means i 3'l which retains the attaching portion against lateral "movement. When these clamping means are'loose; the unit may be adjusted laterally with'respect to th -rig supports Y23, and in this way the furrowingxunit can be adapted for different row spacings andlupon the clamping means T3'llbein tightened can thereby be tightened in its laterally adjusted position.

' Theiurrowing unit 34 further includes a runner element 38 connected" to the transversely exlation, is a pairof longitudinally extending strap members 45. These strap members, at their rearward endsja're provided for the connection thereto of a gauge "and coverin wheel 46 located immediately in rear of the runner element 38. The straps extend forwardly beyond their pivotal connection 34 for attachment to a manual adjusting means 41 of the hand screw type carried by the bracing means39by'a trunnion element' '48 and connected to the straps 45 by a trunnion element '19." Byfopera'ting the hand cultivating rig supports.

Extending transversely under the tractor to locations laterally removed from opposite sides thereof is a transverse supporting member 50.

Thistransverse supporting member is connected is braced at its outer ends by forwardly extendthe stub axlehousings N. This bracing means is connected to a vertically extending plate element 53 located and secured on the end of the transyers'ely extending supporting member 50. The transverse supporting member 50 is of square cross-section and is arranged to-have its sides angled with ;respectto the horizontal. On the right-hand side of the tractor is mounted on this transversemember a dispensing. unit 55, while on the left-hand. side. of the tractor is mounted on the same a dispensing unit'56.

Referring to Figure 5, it will be noted that the dispensing unit includesa bracket structure 51 having a-portion 58 adapted for attachment to thetopof the square supporting member and a clamping means 59 for rigidly securing the samein' its laterally adjusted position along the squared, bar; Each dispensing unithas parts 60 adapted to be driven; and upon operation of the same seed. or the like" material, carried by: hopper portions it; is dispensed through a funnel 62 connected *with the :rear. end of the runner 38, as indicated at 63. For'each of the dispensing unitss55 and 156, there is provided'a drive shaft means 64 and '65, each of which has coupled therein, respectively, a disconnecting clutch means 66 andBl. The shaft means 64 has thereon a chain sprocket 68, while the drive means 65 has thereon a chain sprocket 69. These chain sprockets Bland. 69'-have connected thereto, re-v spectively, chain drives 18 and H running rearwardly on opposite sides of the'tractor and close to the longitudinallyextending-body portion H to a location immediately beneath the transverse axl structure l2 for connection-with the main drive mechanism l2, shown ures 1 and 2.

This main drive'mechanism is supported from the central p0rti0n'l3 of the axle-structure by means of brackets 13'and extends coextensively with the axle structure for connection with the stub axle I 5, asindicate'd at I4. On this main drive shaft-means 12. there is carried respectively drive sprockets "I5 and Hiv through which connection is made with the chain drives 10 and TI. The maindrive mechanism 12 includes a slip clutch means 11 imniediatelyremoved from the connection of the drive shaft with the stub axle l5. It should now be apparent that there has been provided a 'sim'ple'drivemechanism adapted to receive power from the stub axle and at the same time to provide for separate control of the dispensing units located respectively 'at the opposite more clearly in Figclutch 67 in the drive means for the dispensing unit 56 located at the left side of the tractor is likewise operated by a chain l9 connected with the lifting crank arm 25. It is highly desirable upon planting or dispensing of material along pointed rows to have the operation of one unit made independent of the operation of the other unit. This is accomplished by providing separately controlled driving mechanism for each of the dispensing units located respectively on opposite sides of the tractor and common drive means for the driving of these individual drive means. By locating the slip clutch H in the common drive means, the same is effective when either one of the dispensing units is operating alone.

While various changes may bemade in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes will be made within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a main supporting structure, support means connected to the main supporting structure for vertical movement, a self-contained furrowing unit adapted for attachment to the support means to be vertically movable therewith and including a longitudinally extending furrowing element, bracing means including elements connected together and connected respectively to the furrowing element, a transverse attaching portion of square shape, one of the bracing elements having a notch adapted to receive a part of the square shaped attaching portion to be weldingly secured thereto.

2. In combination, a main supporting structure, support means connected to the supporting structure for vertical movement, a working tool unit adapted. for attachment to the support means to be vertically movable therewith and including a longitudinally extending working element, ver tically extending bracing elements connected together and connected respectively to the working element at spaced longitudinal locations therealong, and a transverse attaching portion secured to one of the bracing elements and serving for the attachment of the unit to the support means.

3. In combination, a main supporting structure, support means connected to the supporting structure for vertical movement, a self-contained working tool unit adapted for attachment to the support means to be vertically movable therewith and including a longitudinally extending working element, bracing means including vertically extending bracing elements connected together and connected respectively to the working element at longitudinally spaced locations thereon, a gauge wheel, means for connecting the gauge wheel to one of the bracing elements for vertical adjustment with respect thereto, and manually adjustable means carried by the bracing means and connected to the gauge wheel connecting means for effecting adjustment of the same and its gauge wheel.

BURTON F. BURNETT. 

